Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1812a8921e2af2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6381-01-01 Authoring application: 5507
MD5: 2c8035cd4a2e6cf8bcbe19dcce8b11c6 SHA-1: c5ebdcca2215d01cc1e16fd5153d9e7876d2e795 SHA-256: f1812a8921e2af2e989e0f8572237f6fa2ff35d1118a7d9eddc2af242527715a
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The embedded JavaScript is obfuscated, suggesting it is designed to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader or download a secondary payload. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript and a critical ClamAV detection strongly indicates malicious intent.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
e43c0b4bb6fea01610c11b8b316d2ff6c3996f44890f27e925add41ada34987a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4758 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).